Re: Digest mess

Phillip M. Hallam-Baker (hallam@ai.mit.edu)
Tue, 6 Jan 1998 18:45:46 -0500


>My summary:  let's return Digest to its original purpose, avoiding
>cleartext passwords.  Let's not try to impose on Digest capabilities for
>which it was not intended.

>Dave Kristol


I agree with Dave, folk keep re-inventing my original proposal that
kicked off this subject. I don't think that the arguments against have 
changed much, indeed there is far more infrastructure arround today
that mangles headers.

Sad but true.

        Phill